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Tag: Florida

The grocery bag rustled as I stuffed the last orange in. I had nearly snagged it earlier when it popped off the high branch. The perfect golden specimen had slipped out of my hand and tumbled to the ground. “Almost time to head back,” my dad said. “Yep,” I said, looping my reins around my… Read More Does it Wash Out in the Water Or is it Always in the Blood

If you read my memoir piece, What She Left Us, this infamous sweet treat will be familiar to you. This recipe from The New Doubleday Cookbook is not as complicated as its history and miraculous rediscovery, which I am grateful for. Boston Cream Pie Approximately 16 servings Basic Three Egg Butter Cake 2 cups sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons baking… Read More Boston Cream Pie

I haven’t been on many tours in my life: a couple historical ones and the notable one that got me hooked on Rollins. The tours I take are ones given by friends and family, those intimate ones where you learn the history of a place, and the history that place shares with your loved one.… Read More Olive It

About Me

The stories you see here are the culminations of semester-long projects of students in Kristin Winet’s ENG367P: Food Writing at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Read More